Georgia wins Third National Championship this week ....

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Georgia junior high jumper Elena Kulichenko won her first national high jump title as the NCAA Outdoor Championships wrapped up on Saturday. Kulichenko, a native of Odintsovo, Russia, drilled two third attempt high jump clearances in a row to finish at a height of 1.97 meters/6 feet, 5 ½ inches.  This tied Illinois' Rose Yeboah for this year's crown as Kulichenko erased her previous school record (6-4.75) set at this year's SEC Championship and tied Yeboah and Texas Tech's Temitope Adeshina, who finished third because of misses, for a new meet record.  Kulichenko moved to No. 4 on the all-time collegiate list with her performance.



Kulichenko came into the high jump competition at 1.82m/5-11.50 and promptly cleared her first three heights in a combined four attempts.  Battling Yeboah and Adeshina, Kulichenko came through with a third attempt clearance at 1.94m/6-4.25 to stay in contention after Yeboah cleared on her first try.  Then at 1.97m/6-5.50, Kulichenko, Yeboah and Adeshina all went over the bar cleanly on their third try.  Kulichenko and Yeboah tied for the title since their total misses in the competition equaled each other (five) and Adeshina earned the bronze with six misses.

 

The meet record was 1.96m/6-5 set by UCLA's Amy Acuff in 1995 before Kulichenko and company bested that.



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